Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
The Last Of the Season Exercises a
Woman's Gift for Making Old
Clothes Good as New.
The hi!hmsid's Chosen Color is Fash.
IONS Fail Freak-Silk Restord to
FaYor-CrowGs Lowered.
me Latch String Oatside and Warm
Ne!ceme neutrality-suspicious. Of
Fruits as Exhibits.

readers need to be as quick in catchinl
the coming hints Of change as is the Iocs
editor in MS pursuit Of some afar sccnte,
item. AS yet the most untiring vigilenc
has not been rewarded by more ths1
slimpses and hints OF the possibilities 0
the fall styles, and it is not probable Their
Will be many marked changes until Sep
TENDER is fairly ushe.ed.
Ladies are for the present contentinc
themselves with their spring wooIeus
end with adding velvet trimmings 10 IN
light fabrics of the summer wear. Will,
knots OF bright ribbon, 3 dash Of fall col
oring in cuff vest end collar does ed,
to the real warmth, it gives q warmth O
color to the costume which cheats TIT
eye and produces au effect Of c1mf0r
that IS lacking IN i cOlOrless or pait
tinted toilet.
dress Of India silk, or OF light WOO
fabric, is now improved by broad banC
OF velvet OF the bottom. Not only is il s
change, but it freshens up q gown that i.
liable to be soiled, If not worn, By coutsc-
with the pavement. Dark ribbons also
are used in rows around the skirt; this
is Only becoming to tall, slender
women, but when JldiciousIy applied
gives the dress Of last season s wonder
fully fresh appearance.
In the use Of ribbon as trimming there
seems to be little or no abatement; many
dresses are seen trimmed with six q
seven rows OF narrow ribbon, known as
bsoy ribbon.
Many of the tailor made dresses for
travelling and street wear are Of plain
cloths, and are finished with Stitching on
cuffs, collars, and revers; others are
braided with gilt cord; this gives mil
ltary air to q costume already masculine.
and IS hardly in keeping with the quiet
taste which IS the distinctive trait OF s
lady's dress.
The touTnure is certainly smaller and
Is not worn high al the waist but is
and so arranged as to hold
out the back draperY nearly to the bot
tom Of the skirt. In this way its pres
ence is less noticeable, and the effect
much more graceful.
The fullness of all dresses is much
drawn to the back, and the drapery SO
arranged IS to display the underskirt is
often DrCcade or plaid while the drap-
cry is Of plain material.
The vest has become an essential to
the dress; for cloth gowns it is made
slender and in one piece, buttoning on
the bodice with small round buttons.
There seems to be fixed determination
on the part of dressmakers 70 adhere to
the trimmed bodice, and it is 8 fashion
which lends itself so kindly to peculiari-
ties of form, that dresswearers are quite
agreed as TO its continuance. The garni-
ture of thesfront IN tailor made d esses
must OF necessity be fat, but IN
house dresses especially for thin women,
the half front girdle fashion with iulness
from the neck and shoulders or crossed
fchus is extremely becoming.
There seems to be no falling of in the
fashion Of combination suits, but the in
locations are that these will be quite as
popular as they were last year. Gray
and brown, and some shades
Of brown and heliotrope, also
green and black, will be seen in com
oination. As fall color green seems to
De fsy0rite; shade known as serpent
green is draped over gray, the gray cloth
being braided with green like the over
dress; myrtle green gowns are shown in
combination Of plain and plaided mata-
nal, the basque being trimmed with gilt
cord.
In fabrics there is little doubt of the
return Of silk to favor. Already ribbed
silk and faiIle are seen in the
eading houses, the prices are
1 proof that the demand is increasing.
The exhibits IN silks are not confined to
plain colors, but are in small floral de-
signs, both light and dark, and are TO be
combined with palmer fabrics Of deeper
;olors.
In millinery, the wisest Of s5ers will
hardly t0reCasle the fashions. 1t seems
hat extremely high crowns have had their
line and must now fall, for it is certain
hat the few shapes that have been i'm
ported have decidedly lower crowns.
Natered ribbons with Grape like borders
ire among the novelties in trimming,
Ind nearly al ribbons used for Uonnets
lave satin or crapelike stripes on the
ydge. There is no law in the matter OF
)rims, they are the subjects OF caprice,
some prouuding far IN front, others
much wider on one side, some turned up
L sharp point against the back of the
:rown, and others rolled upward in front
md graduating narrower toward the right
ide. Turbans will be used again with
ome slightly higher indented crowns
pointed toward the front.
PLAIN CLOTH GOWNS.
Harper's Bazaar: For gowns Of one
olor for travelling IN the esrly autumn
re gray, Go5elin blue. and fawn-colored
loths, trimmed with Bengsline Of the
ame shade or with braiding. A dark
ray blue cloth of simple design has all
he front CT the skirt below it's short
prom heavily braided with black brsids
i three different widths put on in an in
ricate arabesque design The BASQUE
les no vest, but the braid forms a V in
Jack and front, which widens like q woke
t the top.
BLACK DRESSES.
Tasteful black dresses for the inter-
Mediate season are made Of cashmere or
amels hair draped on a round untriu-
ned skirt of black silk in blocks, stripes.
n checker board squares an lnchor more
4 size. TIE skirt has not even g foot
'lesting, but is hung or gored POUNDS
ion skirt; the front and sides NAV be
ute plain, or in broad yet scant side
leats; the back has full straight breedths
hired st the top. The wool dr.perv
Orms two long points behind simply
emmed, reaching to the foot, and open
nc in the middle TO show the SHRED
TX on the tournure. The basque opens
ver chemisette of the silk, and has a
ound shawl cOllar or reyers fer its
trimming.
DRAPERY.
New York Star: Amateur dressmakers
re advised that three breadths Of silk are
gain used for the entire back of the
kirt, drspery anG lower skirt being thus
omoined. These breadths are cut half
yard longer than the foundation skirt,